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TRAVELLER
| 56 | ISSUE 573 JUNE 2015
road for 20km passing tiny hamlets,
goats and little children waving. I see
a giant giraffe that turns out to be the
design of the entrance to Samburu
National Reserve.
Our mid-afternoon arrival at
upmarket Sopa Lodge brings another
change in this dry and barren
landscape. It sorts jangled nerves and
soothes a stiff and dusty body in its
five-star luxury. After lunch there’s time
for a short nap before the promised
dusk game drive.
Samburu forms part of three
ecologically affiliated, unfenced
reserves of about 450sqkm, with the
Ewaso Nyiro River flowing through.
With arid to semi-desert lands to
the north, Samburu has a different
ecology. And many animals are
different, some slightly, others boldly
so. Its marketing ploy is “The Samburu
Big Five”. I record them all as I shoot –
with my camera, of course.
The Reticulated Giraffe spots are
large plates; the Somali Ostrich has
splashes of blue; the Grevy’s Zebra
Recent terrorism atrocities in northern
Kenya and other security matters mean
DFAT’s travel advisory for border regions
with Somalia, South Sudan and Ethiopia is:
DO NOT TRAVEL (highest rating), and for
Nairobi and north of Isiolo (Samburu turn-
off is 30km north) is: RECONSIDER YOUR
NEED TO TRAVEL (second highest).
Travel Advice
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